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๐ฅTo celebrate the publication of ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, the powerful new graphic memoir by ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, published by Neal Porter Books, we are honored to welcome ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง.
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๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ
A deeply personal yet universally resonant story, this book ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ )๐๐+) ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐โ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ.
A must-read for anyone who loves graphic memoirs and stories of creativity in the face of adversity.
Together, Yevgenia and Taylor will discuss the making of this timely work, ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ is an award-winning illustrator, painter, and set and costume designer. She has received multiple awards for her picture book illustrations, including a Sydney Taylor Honor. She is the author-illustrator of the picture books Anyaโs Secret Society, Typewriter, I Hate Borsch!, Mona Lisa in New York, and A Party for Florine: Florine Stettheimer and Me, and the illustrator of several others, including A Visit to Moscow by Anna Olswanger, which was nominated for an Eisner Award. Born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine, she now lives in New York City, where she has become a beloved member of the NYC childrenโs book community, with her art featured in subways since 2023.
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